by Freeman and Hoppe
reprinted by Lindsay Publications

When this appeared in 1930, chrome plating was a brand new process. Until the late twenties, plating steel consisted of putting down a layer of copper and over that a layer of nickel. Then some auto engineer figured that if a thin layer of chrome were deposited over the nickel, the bright work on a car wouldn't have to be regularly polished. No oxidation. Permanent shine.

Here you get a book revealing to industrial people how chrome plating was done. The technology had been perfected but was still brand new. Readers had little background, so the explanations presented are simple to understand and straight to the point.

Chapters include: fundamental electrical considerations, chemical fundamentals, applications of chemistry, plating department, polishing and polishing compounds, cleaning for plating, specifications for plating, deposition of copper, nickel plating, chromium plating, testing deposits and solutions, and an appendix and bibliography.

Modern plating texts are complicated. The reader is expected to know the chemistry and process of plating. But not here. You start at the beginning. This is probably the best plating book for experimenters that I've ever seen.

Be warned! You will NOT be able to plate on the kitchen table. Electrical equipment, nasty chemicals, and safety equipment are required. An investment is required. But if you're determined, I'm sure you can chrome plate.

On the other hand, you don't have to chrome plate to find this book valuable. You can easily copper plate and lay down nickel. And the techniques of cleaning and polishing are useful in other lines of work. And knowing some chemistry and electricity can big dividends in other lines of work.

Excellent book. Worth reading. Worth knowing. And worth having a copy in your technical library. Get one. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 softcover 212 pages

No. 23420 ... $14.95